Math 565: Theory of Numbers

Spring 2019


Preparing a course schedule is typically an exercise in fiction-writing. However, we hope to roughly follow this schedule:

Date Lecture Notes Assigned Reading
Week 1
1/30 Introduction and Basic Definitions, review of induction Snow Day Chapter 1
Week 2
2/6 The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic Notes Chapter 2
Week 3
2/13 More Fundamental Theorem Notes Chapter 3
Week 4
2/20 SNOW DAY!
Week 5
2/27 Combinatorial Number Theory Notes Chapter 3
Week 6
3/6 Congruences Notes Chapter 4-5
Week 7
3/13 Solving Congruence Equations Notes Chapter 5
Week 8
3/20 Arithmetic Functions Notes Chapter 6
Week 9
3/27 Midterm / Prime Numbers
Week 10
4/3 Big Oh and divisor sums Notes
Week 11
4/10 Primitive Roots Notes
Spring Break
4/17
Week 12
4/24 Counting Primes Notes
Week 13
5/1 Quadratic Residues
Week 14
5/8 Proof of Quadratic Reciprocity and Presentations
Week 15
5/15 Final Exam